ELEVEN" IMPORTANT WILD-DUCK FOODS. 

 DISTRIBUTION. 



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The range (fig. 9) of the water elm (Planera aquatica) extends from 

 the lower Wabash Valley in Indiana to the river bottoms of eastern 

 Texas, and from western Tennessee and southeastern North Carolina 

 to Florida. 



Fig. 9. — Range of water elm. 



PROPAGATION. 



Seeds of the water elm do not seem to be ripe at the time they 

 usually fall; the real ripening probably occurs as they lie in the water 

 beneath the parent tree. While it is difficult, therefore, to collect 

 seeds in proper condition for planting, young plants of water elm 

 abound and if carefully lifted and packed should stand shipment 

 well. Great care must be taken to prevent the roots from drying. 

 They should be embedded in balls of earth and sewed up in burlap. 



